diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index 1d24909..92f81d8 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -61,4 +61,9 @@
             <include>ng-test.sh</include>
         </fileSet>
     </fileSets>
+    <requiredProperties>
+        <requiredProperty key="onosVersion">
+            <defaultValue>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</defaultValue>
+        </requiredProperty>
+    </requiredProperties>
 </archetype-descriptor>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/app/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/app/pom.xml
index 4a7c9fd..18d70f3 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/app/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/app/pom.xml
@@ -46,19 +46,14 @@
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
             <version>${onos.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onlab-osgi</artifactId>
             <version>${onos.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -68,70 +63,13 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.osgi.service.component.annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.26.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <supportedProjectTypes>
-                        <supportedProjectType>bundle</supportedProjectType>
-                        <supportedProjectType>war</supportedProjectType>
-                    </supportedProjectTypes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
                 <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>cfg</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>cfg</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>swagger</id>
-                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>swagger</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>app</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>app</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index dc2d329..05da40c 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/ui2/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>${onosVersion}</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
     <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
     <version>${version}</version>
@@ -37,11 +43,6 @@
     <description>ONOS OSGi GUI2 Custom-View bundle archetype</description>
     <url>http://onosproject.org</url>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <onos.version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <modules>
         <module>app</module>
         <module>web/${artifactId}-gui</module>